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Monday, March 21, 2016

Stories about economic historians

Here is an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about Deirdre
McCloskey. I have to say that I feel the same way about Deirdre’s recent
work that Jim Holt does: "She has read the library, and won’t let you
forget it." I am afraid many people no longer enjoy listening to her, even
when she might be right. The problem is less the move away from cliometrics and
toward culture than it is the voice that she chooses to use. Here, for instance
is Noah
Smith’s reaction to McCloskey’s review of Piketty.